Teena Keiser, President of LWVNCF 2010-11
On May 18th, the League of Women Voters Northfield-Cannon Falls hosted a "What's Up?" meeting at the Hideaway in downtown Northfield. Mary Rossing, the Mayor of Northfield, provided an overview of the options that the city is considering for addressing the needs for updating the Police and Fire facilities. With the use of multiple graphs and charts, she was able to respond to the many questions from the audience of interested Northfield residents - a mixture of League members and non members. There was active discussion about the various options and the process for making a decision. Should the current location be re-used? If not, where is the best location - not only for current needs, but future needs? One of the other decision points is whether the project should be put before the voters in a referendum. Or should the city council make the decision and approve a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The city council is expected to make a decision at their June 15th city council meeting on whether the project should be put before the voters. The League of Women Voters does not have a position on which location is best or whether or not this project should go to referendum, but the League does encourage residents to follow the issue, seek additional information and contact your city council representative and/or the mayor to provide your thoughts on this issue. Please check out the city's website for this project: http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/assets/p/projects/SafetyCenter_2010/index.html for more information.
